Open AccessInferences from the equations used for describing the chemistry of contraction.
Author(s) -
Manuel F. Morales
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.79.4.1126
Subject(s) - myosin , contraction (grammar) , chemistry , steady state (chemistry) , kinetic energy , muscle contraction , rate equation , statistical physics , thermodynamics , physics , kinetics , biochemistry , classical mechanics , biology , endocrinology
Schemes describing the chemical kinetic behavior of actin/myosin/ATP (i.e., contractile) systems are often describable as circles of isomerizations. In this paper explicit formulas for the steady-state concentrations of intermediate complexes and of the net reaction rate are given, and then the power spectrum of the concentration fluctuations is derived explicitly for certain cases, in a manner applicable to experiments.